These tools are useful to help manage student blogs, email, read the news, and access other web-based resources. The RSS feature enables content changes on dynamic sites to display on your desktop as the changes or updates are made.
Pageflakes (Also see this Screencast of LeeAnnEmerson's English 8 Classroom Desktop)
An aggregator is a web-site that enables you to keep up with changes on dynamic websites (blogs, news, wikis). These sites must offer a syndication option. A site will identify that is syndicated by either placing a hyperlink to "RSS" or by displaying a symbol lsuch as one of the following:
Bloglines Google Reader (If you have a Google account and other friends/faculty have one as well, this is a particularly nice reader. You can share items with others in your address book assuming they have a Google account.)
Desktop with RSS for Classroom/Teacher/Student
These tools are useful to help manage student blogs, email, read the news, and access other web-based resources. The RSS feature enables content changes on dynamic sites to display on your desktop as the changes or updates are made.Pageflakes (Also see this Screencast of LeeAnnEmerson's English 8 Classroom Desktop)
NetvibesRSS Aggregator
An aggregator is a web-site that enables you to keep up with changes on dynamic websites (blogs, news, wikis). These sites must offer a syndication option. A site will identify that is syndicated by either placing a hyperlink to "RSS" or by displaying a symbol lsuch as one of the following:Bloglines
Google Reader (If you have a Google account and other friends/faculty have one as well, this is a particularly nice reader. You can share items with others in your address book assuming they have a Google account.)